Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYExcept for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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